Honored Military Alumni

Alan L W Gunsul MD
Class of 1944
Army, 2 Years
Army Air Corp (The Brown Shoe Air Force) in AACS as a cryptographer. 18 months overseas . In the Balkans during combat then became NCOIC G2 in Naples Italy. Top rank S/Sgt. Awarded Bronze Star for ground combat in Greece

Clarence Joseph (Mike) Sweeney
Class of 1951
Army, 8 Years
Drafted into the U.S. Army December 8, 1958. Graduated from the 6th Army NCO Academy 1959. Attended Infantry OCS. Served in the 1st Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division. Killed in Vietnam while serving with the 101st Airborne Division on February 7, 1967.

Corky Gavin
Class of 1959
Army, 20+ Years
Commissioned in 1963 upon graduation from Seattle University. Served as a Tank Platoon leader in Germany, Cavalry Troop Commander, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Ft Lewis, and Squadron Commander 4th Squadron 12th Cavalry, 5th Mech Div Fort Polk LA. Taught at the U.S. and British Army Staff College and as U.S. Army Exchange Prof at the Philippine Military Academy. Served 3 tours in Vietnam as Ground Liaison Officer, 3rd Tactical Figher Wing, Advisor to 6th Vietnamese Cav Regiment and as Operation Advisor to Dinh Tong Province.

Joanne Avanti
Class of 1985
Air Force, 20+ Years
Began military career as an aeroevacuation medical technician in February of 1987. Went into the reserves and am currently serving as a Chief Master Sergeant - E9 as a Superintendent of Aerospace Medicine. The years have just flown by

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Our Foster High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our Foster High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Tukwila are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!